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10th-Oct-2007 07:10 pm
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Trailer for Doug Liman's (The Bourne Identity) sci-fi action adventure, Jumper, based on the novel by Steven Gould. A young man discovers that he can teleport, but the ability comes at a cost - an ancient sect called the Paladins is intent on killing everyone who is like him. It stars Jamie Bell (Hallam Foe), Hayden Christensen (Shattered Glass), Rachel Bilson (The OC), and Samuel L. Jackson. THIS LOOKS SO MIND-BLOWINGLY COOL. Edited: [info]trailer_spot has the link for the downloadable Quicktime version of the trailer. [imdb]

Edited 2: Interview with author Steven Gould about his latest book.

A new trailer for His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass. Ian McKellan voices Iorek Byrnison, Christopher Lee makes an appearance, and Stelmaria speaks with Kristin Scott Thomas' wonderful and seductive voice! (I know she doesn't appear in person, but just the thought of KST and Daniel Craig in the same oral space is enough to make me weak.) Also, director/writer Chris Weitz at the HisDarkMaterials.org blog defends his decision to move the last few chapters of The Golden Compass into the script for the sequel, The Subtle Knife. [imdb]

Eric Bana has been cast as the villain in the J.J. Abrams directed Star Trek XI. Already on board are Anton Yelchin, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Leonard Nimoy. Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter says that Chris Pine (Just My Luck) is in talks to star as Captain Kirk. Don't know who he is either? Here is a picture. [imdb]

New trailer for Love in the Time of Cholera, directed by Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), based on the novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. [imdb]

Teaser trailer and some (regretably small) stills at Twitch from Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, a historical martial arts epic directed by Daniel Lee. It features Andy Lau and Maggie Q. The story is based on the classical Chinese novel, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (pinyin: sānguó yǎnyì), set in the period of disunity and turbulence at the end of the Han dynasty. It's a work of fiction that has had as much an influence on the Chinese consciousness as Homer or Shakespeare do in the West. [imdb]

Slate has a slideshow of the history of the vibrator - just the thing after the latest episode of Mad Men!
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10th-Oct-2007 09:56 am (UTC)
[info]kenorland
I... can't really stand Hayden Christensen, and I don't like Bilson as an actress, but I have to admit that Jumper looks pretty spiffy. Love those special effects, Jamie Bell(!), and Sam Jackson. I sort of wish they'd stuck with the original lead actors, though.

Bana = GLORIOUS. Chris Pine = :/ But I shall have faith! Though I wish they'd stop comparing this movie to what they did for Mission Impossible III or Transformers. That makes me nervous.
10th-Oct-2007 10:08 am (UTC)
[info]the_grynne
I KNOW! JAMIE!! SO TALENTED. I feel no shame in perving because I am the same age as him. (Well, 4 days older, but let's pretend they don't exist.)

I sort of wish they'd stuck with the original lead actors, though.

You mean before they re-envisioned the main character as a older young man? I think Tom Sturridge and Teresa Palmer used to have the roles. I don't really mind Hayden, who I thought was a pretty good actor before George Lucas came along. But I like the devilish, over confident air he seems to be bringing to this.

I haven't seen any of Chris Pine's films (and really don't want to), but apparently he's acted in theatre too. So I'm assuming he's not just a pretty face.
10th-Oct-2007 10:17 am (UTC)
[info]kenorland
Jesus Christ, I know. Lindsay Lohan and Princess Diaries movies?! That was scary to read.

If they had the EXCELLENT taste to get Yelchin, Saldana, and Bana, I'll roll with em on this one.
10th-Oct-2007 12:04 pm (UTC)
[info]baleanoptera
Oooh! "Jumper" looks pretty cool - and I'm especially taken with Jamie Bell's character. What happened to sweet little Billy Elliot huh? Hee.

Also "Three Kingdoms" looks wickedly good.
10th-Oct-2007 12:13 pm (UTC)
[info]the_grynne
"It's not as easy as it looks."

Oh I know, I was just saying to [info]trailer_spot that you'd never think he was the same actor who played Smike in Nicholas Nickleby. I also like that even when he strays from dark, indie flicks and into the big budget films, he still plays these non-hero types: the cabin boy in King Kong, the ambiguous, almost villainish supporting character in this.

I doubt that they had female generals in the late Han period, but Maggie Q sure looks lovely.
11th-Oct-2007 04:46 am (UTC)
[info]so_spiffed
My blisteringly intelligent comment of the day:

It features Andy Lau and Maggie Q.

Yay! Andy Lau is pretty.
11th-Oct-2007 05:00 am (UTC)
[info]the_grynne
They both are!
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